Explains how to use archetypal psychology as a guide to the transpersonal journey.

The exploration of the psyche in non-ordinary states of consciousness provides access to powerful transformative experiences that can lead us towards a more complete experience of being human (the realization of a deeper identity) while also yielding extraordinary insights into the ultimate nature of reality.

In this book, Renn Butler explains how to use archetypal astrology as a guide to the transpersonal journey. Described by Stanislav Grof as “the Rosetta Stone of consciousness research,” archetypal astrology is based on a correspondence between planetary alignments and archetypal patterns in human experience. Here, by drawing on the work of Grof and Richard Tarnas, Butler systematically describes the archetypal themes and qualities associated with each of the major planetary combinations studied in astrology and considers how these themes might manifest and be supported in deep psychological self-exploration. Based on thirty years of research, Pathways to Wholeness is an indispensable reference book for explorers of the inner worlds.

Renn Butler has had a lifelong interest in the techniques of self-exploration and transformation. Pathways to Wholeness is his first book.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. The Birth of a New World View

Breakthrough in Europe
An Unexpected Rosetta Stone

2. Transpersonal Psychology and Archetypal Astrology: The Research of Stanislav Grof and Richard Tarnas

Non-specific Amplifiers of Mental Processes
The Level of Trust and Support
Set and Setting
The Dosage, Quality, and Purity of Psychoactive Substances
Medical and Psychiatric Contraindications for Holotropic States

4. The Astrological Archetypes

Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

5. The Transit Cycles of Neptune-Neptune, Saturn-Saturn, Pluto-Pluto, and Uranus-Uranus

Transits of Neptune-Neptune
Transits of Saturn-Saturn
Transits of Pluto-Pluto
Transits of Uranus-Uranus